Ensuring the Super Bowl is Still All About the Commercials: Federal Crackdown on Illegal Sports Streaming Websites Leads to Arrest of Michigan Man

Everyone already knows that Tom Brady wields tremendous power in the sports world. Add to that a Brazilian super model wife and the guy has some serious social capital as well. But who knew the former Michigan quarterback’s casual comment to a group of reporters could...

Tiffany v. eBay – Transnational Trademark Problems?

by Jeff Liu , MTTLR Associate Editor Last summer, a federal district court ruled, in Tiffany v. Ebay, that online marketplace eBay was not liable under trademark and unfair competition law for facilitating the sale of counterfeit items on its website. The court noted...

Licensing online quotations – link roundup

by Nancy Sims, MTTLR Blog editorIn early June, news site the Drudge Retort received DMCA takedown notices from the Associated Press, for several pieces containing 39- to 79-word quotations from AP articles . Although the AP quickly backed off on their DMCA threat,...